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How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 5 of 7 graded inspections since 2023.
- Last inspected Aug 4, 2025: passed with 1 violation. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
- Keeps coming up: Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean, cited 6 times, plus 13 other repeat issues.
Inspection history 7 visits
- 2025
- Passed Aug 4
Short Form Complaint
1 violation
- Allergen training as required
- Passed Jul 18
Canvass
4 violations
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices
- Allergen training as required
- 2024
- Passed Dec 16
Complaint Re-Inspection
9 violations
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Food properly labeled; original container
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Failed Dec 4
Complaint
13 violations
- Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used
- Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Previous core violation corrected
- City of Chicago food service sanitation certificate
- Non-food/food-contact surfaces clean
- Single-use/single-service articles: properly stored and used
- Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- Food properly labeled; original container
- Insects, rodents, and animals not present
- Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Maxwell Street Express, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.